"The hotel staff had been working with her for a number of months leading up to this, trying to make arrangements with her to find a place to live," Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said. "They were successful. I don't know where she ended up going."

Gangian's attorney filed a motion Wednesday to try and stop the eviction, but a judge did not hear arguments before the 8 a.m. eviction notice was to take place Thursday.

Gangian moved into the hotel in 2004 after she could no longer work due to a chronic health condition and had lost her home to foreclosure.

She said the hotel provided valuable services she could not get anywhere else, but after two loans were exhausted she ran out of options to pay.

Hotel officials said she owes more than $28,000.

"It's a cliche, I know," she said. "But it feels like a nightmare to me that I can't wake from."

Authorities said Gangian qualifies for subsidized housing, but she would have to wait for approval before receiving assistance.

A WOMAN CHECKS OUT OF A RACINE COUNTY HOTEL AFTER NINE YEARS. A MOUNTING TAB, WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, FORCED THE THREAT OF AN EVICTION. 12 NEWS' JASON NEWTON TELLS US WHO HELPED MOVE HER OUT. 00-10 12-18 NEWTON STD-UP: NINE YEARS OF STAYING IN A HOTEL AND A WOMAN'S STAY ENDS OVERNIGHT. THE RACINE COUNTY SHERIFF TELLS US JANA GANJIAN LEFT OVERNIGHT ON HER OWN ACCORD WITH THE HELP OF HOTEL WORKERS AT THE RACINE MARRIOTT. 0511 THE HOTEL STAFF, I KNOW, HAD BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS LEADING UP TO THIS AND TRYING TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH HER TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. AND YESTERDAY THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE ENDED UP GOING. SHE LEFT BEFORE WE HAD TO EVICT HER. NEWTON STD-UP: ALL THAT WAS LEFT ON THURSDAY WAS THE FORMALITY OF PAPERS BEING HANDED OVER BY DETECTIVES. AND THEN A LEFT CHECK OF HER ROOM TO MAKE SURE NO PERSONAL EFFECTS WERE LEFT BEHIND. IN MOUNT PLEASANT. JASON NEWTON. WISN 12 NEWS. GANJIAN SAYS SHE'S DISABLED AND MOVED INTO THE HOTEL BACK IN 2004 AFTER SHE COULD NO LONGER WORK. SHE SAYS SHE QUALIFIES FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING